Label-cutting attachment for boxes.



' 'TATENTED JULY 1-4,1908L LABEL CUTTING ATTACHMENT PQR BoXBs.

A-IfPLIOATION FILED 00T.26. 1907.

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4Monats strnIcKLER, oF HUinieLs'rowN,V PENNSYLVANIA.

i LABEL-CUTTING ATTACHMENT Fon nomas.

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citizen ofthe United States,"residifgtllum- Dauphin andmelstown;th'ecounty o State of Pennsylvana,fhave' invented a new and useful jLabel s Cutting" Attachment' for tachments for boXes andsimil'vcontaining vessels and' has for its" object toprovide afcomparatively simple and inexpensive fdevice' of this character.for-cutting the seal or label thecover.f' z 'A further object ofthe-invention is to provide a label ycutting attachment including ablade adapted tobeirfagainstthe lower sul.

faceof the box coverr Aand"'liajvingfone'end thereof extendeddownwardlygbetween the' coger and the-body' of .the'bdx and `rovidedf*withja-terminlln er p iecehso that kt e blade.

objectief invention is generally "toimpr'ove Vthis "class of devices soeliciencyI aswell as" toreduce the cost of manufacture.'v y. 1 Furtherob`ect`sfand advantages" ape pearin the fo owing description,4 it-beinglnderstood that various changes in form, pro-l portions and vminordetails of construction my y be'resorted towithin the scope ofthe 4apended claims- V the accompanying 'drawings forming a 'part', ofthisspecicationzlli'gure 1 is a perspective view of a box `provi ed witha label cutting attachment constructed in accordance with my invention,the finger piece -of .the blade being 'shown in vertical or inopera-l4tive position.' Fig. 2 is a similar view of a vention.

portion of the vbox showingftlie linger pieceent downwardly: 'to`operative posltion.

Fig. 3is a transverse 'sectional view of Fig.2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate`corresponding parts in all ofthefigures of the drawin s. 4

` The miproved device forming 'the subject matter of the presentinvention 1s principally Speciicatifm. ofLetters Patent. ap'lilicatinnmea nemer 25,' 1907. serial 110,399,186.-

Patented July 14, 1908.

' designed for attachment to boxes and similar containing vessels and byway of illustration ,fis shown .in connection with a yeast powder box ofthe ordinary construction in which 5 ldesignates the body of the box, 6the cover and '7 =the label.

' The attachment consists of a cuttinlr blade 8 preferably stamped orotherwise lorrned from a single piece of metal and. having one end'thereof'curved or rounded at 9` to conlform to thecurvature of thevinterior walls of the cover 6 and Vits opposite endbent downwardlyto'lorm an angularly disposed arm 10'wh1ch extends between the cover 6and the body ofthe receptacle, as shown, the

end ofthe bladeatfthe arm 11 being-bent -letsmly 5 or closure 6, thecentero'f the Hat portion of` disposed concentric with aXis of the boxso as to germit ee rotation of'said blade without anger of bindingagainst the depending the blade being the 'lon itudina-` flange ol thecover.

tact with theexteriorwall' of the cover 6 when the device is not in useythereby to prevent catching on an transportation or shipment.

In using the device the blade is positioned in the cover with the ilatbearing surface 13 engaging the' lower face of said cover and with thehandle'12 extending at substantially, right angles to the lon itudi'nalplane of the `'box .after which the la el is attached to the body of thebox and cover; respectlvely, with the' linger piece bentu' wardlyinengagement with the exterior wal Vof 'the cover, vas best l shown inFig. 1 of the drawlngs.

In order to cut or sever the label -itis` merely'necessaiy to bend thelinger piece 12 downwardly-.tothe y osition shown in Fig.

to form a-terminalngfer 'piece 12 .bymeas "of Swhich j the blademay, be-conf v efnienjtly rotated" to :cut or ysever the label. The metalforming the blade 8 is provided Theblade is preferably 'i formed offlexible metal so that the terminal linger piece 12 maybe bent upwardlyin conbstruction during 2 of thel drawings an then rotate said fingerpiece when the cutting edge of the blade will engage and sever'the labelso as to permit the ready 'removal-ofthe cover.

In Fig; 6 ofthel drawings there is illustrated a modilied'form of theinvention in which the innerend of the blade terminates at the centerofthe cover 6 and is` ivotally connited tlierevwith,l as by a bo t orrivet 14,

the construction and operation of the device being otherwise similar tothat shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

The blades may be made in different sizes and shapes and may be used inconnection with di'erent styles of containing vessels.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that there is provided anextremely simple, inexpensive and efficient device admirably adapted forthe attainment of the ends in view.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:A

1. The combination with a receptacle in-` cluding a cover, of a bladehaving one end ythereof spanning the inner surface of the top in g oneend ofthe cover and its opposite end extended downwardly between thecover and body of thereceptacle and provided with a finger piece.

2. The combination with a receptacle having a cover, of a bladeextending along the inner surface of the top of the cover and hav- Athereof provided with an arm interposed between the cover and body ofthe receptacle and provided with a finger-piece.

3. The combination with a receptacle havmg a cover, of a blade'bearingagainst the walls of the cover and the opposite end thereof extendeddownwardly between the cover andthe body of the receptacle and providedwith a termin al finger piece,

5. The combination with a receptacle having a cover, of a blade formedof flexible ma? terial having one end thereof curved to conform to theinterior walls of the cover and bearing against the same and itsopposite end extended downwardly between the cover and the body ofthereceptacle and provided `with a terminal finger piece adapted to be bentupwardly in engagement with the exterior wall of the cover, said bladebeing mounted. for rotation in the cover and disposed concentrictherewith.

6. A label cutting attachment for containingvvessels comprising a bladehaving a flat imperforate body portion one end of which is bent at rightangles to the longitudinal plane of the body portion and thence extendedlaterally to form a terminal angularly disposed finger piece.

7. A label cutting attaclmrent for containing vessels comprising a flatblade formed from a single piece of Tbcndable material having one endthereof bent at substantially right angles to the longitudinal plane ofthe blade to form a depending arm the terminal of which is extended.laterally at substantially right angles to said arm to produce a fingerpiece.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as .my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MORRIS STRICKLER. Witnesses:

JOHN R. Gnrnn, JOHNh E. Fox.

